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  • U.N.L.V.
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  • U.N.L.V.
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  • Mystikal
  • Birdman_(rapper)
  • Hot_Boys
  • Mannie_Fresh
Subject
  • Musical groups established in 1992
  • American hip hop groups
  • Cash Money Records artists
  • Gangsta rap groups
  • Musical groups from Louisiana
abstract
  • U.N.L.V. are a hip-hop group from New Orleans, Louisiana, originally consisting of rappers Tec-9, [a407591], and [a976852]. Their name is an acronym for %22Uptown Niggas Living Violent%22. They were one of the first artists signed to Cash Money Records, where they recorded four albums from 1993 to 1996. Their first three albums on Cash Money were only distributed locally, but when Cash Money signed a larger distribution deal with Universal Records in 1998, much of their past music was re-released. Their releases were among the first well distributed examples of New Orleans Bounce music, produced by the Cash Money Records in-house producer Mannie Fresh. While their music did not gain much national attention, it was regionally successful in the New Orleans area.
dbo:abstract
  • This article is about the hip-hop group from New Orleans; for the university in Nevada, see University of Nevada Las Vegas.U.N.L.V. are a hip-hop group from New Orleans, Louisiana, originally consisting of rappers Tec-9 (Reginald Manuel), Lil Ya (Yaphet Jones), and Yella Boy (Albert Thomas). Their name is an acronym for %22Uptown Niggas Living Violent%22. They were one of the first artists signed to Cash Money Records, where they recorded four albums from 1993 to 1996. Their first three albums on Cash Money were only distributed locally, but when Cash Money signed a larger distribution deal with Universal Records in 1998, much of their past music was re-released. Their releases were among the first well distributed examples of New Orleans Bounce music, produced by the Cash Money Records in-house producer Mannie Fresh. While their music did not gain much national attention, it was regionally successful in the New Orleans area. Speaking about his time in the music industry in 2008, Mannie Fresh described U.N.L.V.'s work as the %22essence of hip-hop%22.
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  • UNLV
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  • 1992
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  • 372508
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  • 347347
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  • U.N.L.V.
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